Chapter 169 - Faint Truth
Chapter 169 Faint Truth
After putting the Talisman of Sin into the system space, something unexpected happened! In the system’s recognition, it identified the Talisman of Sin as a True Spirit Vessel. It was a little special, but it was not too surprising for Roy. However, the souls of the Seven Deadly Sin stored in the talisman were marked as ‘Seed of the Power of Law’!
In the Talisman of Sin, there was the soul of Avarice, which Roy had collected, and the soul of Envy, which Fury had collected earlier. Therefore, the system marked them as the ‘Seed of the Power of Law 1x’ and ‘Seed of the Power of Law fragment 1x’. This meant that Roy’s guess before was right. The watcher following Fury was the true Envy of the Seven Deadly Sins. The soul of Envy that Fury had collected was actually just a soul fragment.
However, the souls of the Seven Deadly Sins were not real souls but the power of law, which surprised Roy…
Laws, as the name implied, were the laws of the operations of heaven and earth. Logically speaking, all physical and chemical phenomena in the world could be called laws
– flames, frost, darkness, light, and even space. In fact, everything could be called laws. Even things like souls could be regarded as one of the laws. But what was strange was that Roy had never seen the word ‘law’ in the system’s marking of items before.
Except for the souls of the Seven Deadly Sins…
What is the reason? Why are only the Seven Deadly Sins defined as laws in the system?
Ever since Roy learned about the functions of the system, he had always felt that his system was very mysterious and powerful. The power of using souls to create things as he pleased made Roy feel awe. Therefore, even though he did not know the origin of the system, Roy had always believed in the system’s definitions of items. He knew that the system would not lie to him. Since the system defined these Seven Deadly Sins as the power of law, then they were the laws, and there was no mistake.
Out of curiosity, Roy asked the system in his mind, “System, what do you mean by the power of law?”
“The power of law can only be used and strengthened, and cannot be changed or eliminated. It is a necessary derivative for creation, a necessary condition for intelligent life to create culture and history, and the source of the evolution of a world…”
The system gave a long string of explanations. Roy heard and obtained a smattering of knowledge, but he understood little.
Flames would be extinguished, frost would melt, time could be reversed and accelerated, and space could be distorted. These things that seemed to be universal truths actually had conditions that could change them, but only laws could not be changed.
To put it bluntly, the Seven Deadly Sins were the representations of negative emotions that intelligent life possessed. These negative emotions were invisible and intangible, but they were real existences. As powerful as angels, demons, and dragons were, and as great as titans and gods were, they could not eliminate the interference of these emotions. This power was probably the sole power in the universe that life could not be free from.
Moreover, according to the system’s explanation, the power of law was not only the negative emotions of the seven deadly sins but also positive emotions such as tolerance, integrity, temperance, humility, joy, love, and so on. These emotions should also belong to the power of law.
Throughout the history of all intelligent life, without exception, they were under the control of these emotional laws. Under the control of hunger, life was able to survive; under the control of love and sex, life was able to multiply; under the control of unity and friendship, life established ethnic groups and countries; and under the control of anger and hatred, life produced wars. These emotional forces silently affected all life, making the world vibrant and colorful. They affected every choice in life and naturally affected the evolution of the world…
On careful thought, it was actually quite terrifying. Be it humans, angels, or demons, they always felt that they were in control of their thoughts, but they did not know that this kind of thinking was wrong. Many a time, life itself did not notice that these emotional laws were affecting them…
Roy noticed that in the system, Avarice’s soul was only marked as Seed of the Power of Law, without special classification. It seemed that the system categorized all the emotional powers into the power of law.
Thinking of the Eyes of Nightmare and the fear runes engraved on his frost wings, Roy could not help but ask, “The power of fear I defined is actually a type of law power?”
“Yes!” the system replied affirmatively. “The application of emotional laws is actually very simple because they are a universal power.”
With this explanation, Roy immediately understood. Although the system defined emotional powers as the power of law, and this term sounded rather high-end, it was not a higher-level power. In fact, it might not necessarily be higher than elemental power and spatial power. But this power was the only power that could not be changed or eliminated… This reminded Roy of the cultivation novels he read in his previous life. Perhaps this was the so-called simplified Great Dao?
Gradually, Roy felt that he seemed to understand what the so-called Seven Deadly Sins Demon Kings were… Is that level of existence demon kings who can control these emotional laws to the limit?
Imagine what would happen if a world with billions of lives could be brought into a state of anger. People would pick up weapons and kill each other day and night out of anger. All the weapons they created could be thrown at their own people, and then they would wipe out their race…
If an entire world fell into the control of gluttony, they would devour all the animals and plants on their planet and leave the world barren…
Such scenes made people shudder just thinking about them…
“Then, can I use these Seeds of the Power of Law?” Roy asked the system.
“Of course, but let me remind you first that these seeds are actually a kind of convergence of emotional powers and have an extremely powerful influence. When you use them, you will also be affected!” the system prompt said. “Are you sure you want to use them?”
“I’ll reconsider it!” Roy immediately changed his mind when he heard the system’s reminder.
It seemed like using the power of these law seeds had a lot of side effects, and one of them was the power of avarice. Roy could not imagine himself becoming a money-grubber, so he temporarily withdrew the thought.
Correspondingly, the use of Roy’s Eyes of Nightmare and the fear runes was much safer. Although this superficial use had a limited effect, it also did not affect and damage him.
Now, Roy finally understood why the Charred Council wanted the Horseman to capture the Seven Deadly Sins. Such power of law could not be completely eliminated, so it could only think of ways to limit its growth and imprison it. Otherwise, the consequences would be really unimaginable.
“What’s wrong?” Julia’s voice came from the side. She noticed that Roy had suddenly stopped walking and was in a daze, so she asked curiously.
Speaking of which, this curiosity is also a type of emotion, right? A desire for knowledge?
Roy thought about it and realized that he seemed to have gone a little crazy, and now his mind was full of thoughts about the emotional laws. He quickly shook his head to expel these thoughts and then said to Julia, “It’s nothing. Let’s go. We have to hurry.” Spreading his wings, Roy led Julia and rushed to the next location where a Demon Eye sent back news.
Not long after they left, a huge magic formation suddenly appeared where they had been.
A tall figure with a hunched body appeared with a large walking stick. On his back was a strange huge coffin. There were two sculptures on the coffin. One of them was the image of an angel, while the other was the image of a demon. The two sculptures were facing against each other, looking very much like the standpoints of angels and demons.
This tall figure stared in the direction that Roy and Julia had left in and was silent for a long time. Finally, he sighed softly and said, “A deviation has appeared… An unexpected demon, and hmm, there’s also a fallen angel. That Horseman of the Apocalypse actually gave them the mission to capture the Seven Deadly Sins. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?… Are they capable of completing this mission?”
After a long time, this tall figure gradually disappeared, leaving only a mutter, “Perhaps I should continue observing…”